Acts 2:5

Now there were resident at Jerusalem persons who feared God, Jews from all the nations under heaven.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

In Context

4And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in diverse languages, as the Spirit gave them to speak.

6And when that sound occurred, all the people collected together; and they were agitated, because they every one heard them speaking in their own languages.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:14And this announcement of the kingdom shall be published in all the world, for a testimony to all nations: and then will come the consummation.

Luke 17:24For, as the lightning darteth from the heavens, and illuminateth all beneath the heavens; so will the Son of man be, in his day.

John 12:20And there were also among the people, some who had come up to worship at the feast.

Acts 8:2And believing men gathered up and buried Stephen. And they lamented over him greatly.

Matthew Henry on Acts 2:2-5

The Day of Pentecost. 1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. We have here an account of the descent of the Holy Ghost upon… Read the whole commentary →

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